WESH 2 Investigates and finds out why a driver is slapped with toll charges even though he's never driven on Central Florida roads.

"I was really surprised to receive this toll by plate invoice in the mail," said Kirk Imoto, of Illinois.

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Imoto received a bill for running tolls in Florida in late July. According to the bill from the contractor that collects unpaid tolls for the Turnpike, Imoto had allegedly run three tolls totaling $5.50.

The tag shown in the picture attached with the bill is similar but not exactly like the one Imoto used to have, and the truck shown in the picture confused Imoto since he drives a Toyota Prius.

The Florida Department of Transportation responded to his complaint in a latter and said that the case had been closed.

Then another violation, for $4 in unpaid tolls, came in October.

"If it is affecting me, then it could potentially be affecting hundreds or thousands of others," Imoto said.

After WESH 2 began digging into the case, Florida Turnpike officials discovered workers had misread the plate and dismissed the toll charges.

The Expressway Authority, who had also sent Imoto a bill, said it discovered the truck driver pictured in one of Imoto's bills was using a stolen transponder. Both agencies are tracking that driver down.

While frustrating for Imoto, misreads on license plates are extremely rare.Annually, the Turnpike has about 650 million transactions and the Expressway Authority has about 300 million. Mistakes amount to far less than a fraction of 1 percent of those transactions.